Hello again reader, here is Chapter 2 which is just slightly longer than the first chapter. The end is a little... frisky so that's my little warning. I hope to update the next chapter soon and I hope you enjoy this chapter.


Chapter 2

I woke up to the persistent knock on our door. Maxon was still sound asleep so I tip-toed to over to the door where Carter stood. I glanced over to the clock and realized that it was still the wee hours of the morning.

'I'm sorry to awake you at this time but the advisors have called for a meeting.'

At this time? Really? 'Okay, we will be there as soon as we can.'

I closed the door and went back to the bed to see an awake Maxon sitting up.

'What was that all about?'

'Come on, we have to go for a meeting', I said, disappointment leaking through my voice.

He got up readily and we headed to the closet to get changed into a more suitable set of clothes.

As we neared the conference room, we could hear obvious shouting going on, 'Not again…' I thought. We entered and it was as if we were stripped from our titles, no one stood, no one quietened and they just continued shouting. I heard a deep sigh escape Maxon's mouth and I couldn't help but do the same. Sometimes I wondered if some of them grew up on a farm where I imagine a lot of shouting takes place but they all grew up in well to do houses so that was out of the question.

'I think now would be a good time to use your magic powers.' he joked.

I cracked out a smile as we took our seats at the head of the table. I heaved a sigh and spoke as loud as I could so that I was heard above all the shouting, 'Could someone tell us what's going on?'

Everyone was silenced and settled down, Anthony spoke 'We were suggesting possibilities as to why we were attacked by New Asia.'

'Alright, we can go through that in a while but Officer Leager, could you give us an update on the attack?'

'Of course you majesty, it has been confirmed that we were attacked by troops from New Asia, as to why we were attacked it is not known yet but we do know that shortly after we were attacked, some of our alliances were attacked, Italy and Germany.

The meeting went on for more than three hours as maids came and went with trays of food and refreshments. By the end of the meeting, we had decided on two possibilities, they might have just wanted to weaken our defence and try to take over or it have been a way to say that we should have a peace treaty or else they would do worse, I think that it is the latter as New Asia is already the biggest country as of now but we have to keep in mind that we were attacked along with our alliances which could mean something vital.

After the meeting, I ran into Maxon's room and flopped onto the bed. It was seven in the morning and I wanted to catch up on some much needed sleep.

'You know America, you didn't have to sit through the meeting with me if you were tired, you could've excused yourself and come in here to rest, I would fill you in you know.'

I know Maxon, but it is part of my duty to attend important meetings, besides, without me, the advisors would never have shut up.' Maxon let out a laugh that never once failed to fill me up inside. I heard the shower turn on and decided to go wash up myself. I went into my room to get ready and saw Mary already getting a bath ready for me to hop into.

'Good morning!'

'What put you in such a good mood today?'

'Oh America, seeing you and serving you always makes me happy!'

I blushed at that statement but I knew there was more. As I settled into the warm lavender scented bubble bath I called out, 'Thank you but are you sure there's nothing more?'

'America, you know me so well. I've found love!'

My heart jumped, 'Oh my gosh Mary! I'm so happy for you!' This was probably the happiest I have seen Mary yet I was so glad that she had found a partner but I couldn't really bring myself to imagining it since for as long as I had known her, she had always been single. She put my hair up into a simple bun and slight make up to cover up the pimples on my face which I guessed was from work and the recent rebel attack.

I went into my study where stacks of papers were waiting on my desk to be looked at. I gave out a sigh and looked around for Marlee. Ever since Carter and Marlee had become Maxon and my closest helpers, I quickly grew attached to them especially Marlee. I figures she had something important to do thus, I started going through the papers. After seeing a few papers, the phone on my desk started ringing.

'Hello, this is queen America from Illea speaking.'

'I am Elise from New Asia. I'm quite sure you know of the recent attack from New Asia to the palace,'

'Yes Elise,' I said with a sigh not sure of where this was going.

'Well, I'll just tell you straight up front., I called for the attack.'

'What!'

'Yeah.' I could hear guilt leaking into her voice, 'I though that attacking you would cause you to want to have a peace treaty with us …'

'I'll discuss it with Maxon. By the way, thanks.'

'No problem,' and the line was cut.

Just as I thought, they wanted a peace treaty with us, the New Asian king always had a sense of pride and would never come crawling to us for a peace treaty. I decided to tell Maxon as soon as possible since he was after all King. I got up and crossed the hallway to Maxon's study where he seemed to be talking to Marlee and Carter. He saw me walk in and gave me a small smile while Carter and Marlee greeted me with wide grins on their faces. I messaged his shoulders as I leaned in and whispered, 'Elise called, they want a peace treaty.'

'Did she say what they want in turn?'

I shook my head and took a seat beside him, on a stool that was under his desk so that I had a place to sit whenever we were going through papers together.

'So what's going on here?'

'They have some news to share but I'm not sure what it is yet.' he said as he nodded towards the couple.

Carter cleared his throat and started, 'We wanted you guys to be the first to hear the news since we wouldn't have this without the kindness from the both of you…'

'I'm pregnant!' Marlee blurted out, not able to contain her excitement.

'Marlee!', I didn't even realise that by then, I was giving Marlee a tight hug. I was overjoyed that my best friend was going to have a baby!

After a while of squealing in Maxon's room, we retreated into my study to have a longer chat since the men wanted to talk as well.

'Hey America,' she called casually.

'Yeah.'

'Have you guys actually, um, done it?'

I was dumbfounded for a second and wanted to run but there was no way Marlee was going to allow me t get away. 'I already told you Marlee, we are waiting till next year…'

'Fine, I will give you the talk later on…'

We sat at my desk and started off with some of the easy papers, I didn't want to do anything too stressful since Marlee was pregnant and I wanted her pregnancy to go well.

'You should go and take a break, Marlee.'

'I've only been working for 2 hours America, I may be pregnant but I'm not disabled, besides, I'm only 9 weeks along.'

'Alright, alright. But you have to take a break in an hour, max.'

She looked up at me with puppy eyes but later nodded solemnly when I gave her a stern stare.

At lunch time, Mary brought in a tray of food for us to munch on as we continued to work and gossip about the recent happening in the palace.

It was evening and Marlee and I were able to complete most of the work for the day so I had her have the rest of the night off and decided to do the remaining folders myself. While I was half way through the last pile, Maxon strode into the room. He cleared his throat and I looked up from y folder to see him standing there wearing a crisp suit and a cheeky smile.

'Let's go on a date.'

I raised my brows, looking at him questioningly, 'Can't you see that I still have work to do?'

He shook his head and pulled me up, 'Excuses now come on.'

I took a coat from the coat hanger as he pulled me out of the room using his strong arms. He wrapped an arm around my waist as we walked down the stairs together.

'Where are we going?'

'You'll see.'

I looked around curiously, trying to figure out where we were going. We walked into the garden, to the pavilion. On the table was a red table cloth with trays of food with wine glasses by the side.

'My love,' he said as he pulled the chair out for me to sit in.

I lifted the cover over the tray and met our dinner. Rib-eye steak with barbecue sauce and potato wedges on the side.

'Just sp you know, these were planned for Sunday but since there was an attack, it had to be post-poned.' he said with a shrug.

I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and dug into my food. After dinner, Maxon pulled me up and activated a passageway. I followed him and we were at the top of the roof once again. It was only my second time up here but so many memories were held here from the day where Maxon and I were dancing in the rain which felt just like yesterday.

'May I have this dance?'

'Of course,' I said a a smile slipped into his lips.

We swayed slowly as the calming breeze passed by as we looked over the city, our city and saw the scenic view laid out in front of us. I stared into his eyes and he ducked his head and kissed my temple. We continued dancing for a while and tater settled onto a bench. I curled up next to Maxon, one of his arms around my shoulder and holding a glass of champagne in the other. We looked up at the beautiful night sky filled with countless of stars.

'I love you, Maxon.'

'I love you more,' he put his drink aside and help my face between his hands, so that I was looking at him, and gave me a deep loving kiss.

'Let's go back now…' he said as he stood up and helped me up.

We walked back to his room, my heart thumping in my chest as a thrill ran through me.

I kneeled on the edge of the bed as Maxon stood in front of me so that we were at the same height. We started with the coats and jackets we had on, I helped unbutton his shirt, I turned around and he unzipped my dress, I unbuckled his belt, letting his pants fall to the ground and join the rest of our clothing. He pinned me down, so close, I was able to smell the little cologne that was left on him. We shuffled to the top of the bed where the pillows were and had our fun, somewhere in between, when we were under the covers, our underwear met the floor as well.

'Goodnight America.'

'It has been a good night, Maxon.'